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August 22, 2016

Veteran Republican Operative Paul Manafort Quits Trump Campaign
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In news from the campaign trail, longtime Republican political operative
Paul Manafort has quit his position as chair of Donald Trump's campaign.
Manafort's resignation came on Friday. Trump had appointed Stephen
Bannon, the executive chair of the right-wing media outlet Breitbart
News, to be his campaign's chief executive earlier in the week. Manafort
is facing questions about his years of political consulting work in
Ukraine, where he advised former President Viktor Yanukovych. The New
York Times has reported that handwritten ledgers unearthed in Ukraine
show $12.7 million of cash payments that were slated to go to
Manafort-although it is not known whether he ever received the money.
Topics:2016 Election

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